Man detained in Dortmund bomb investigation

A man of Islamist background has been detained by German investigators investigating explosions at a bus carrying players of Borussia Dortmund soccer club, the federal public prosecutor's office has said.

It said investigators had searched the apartments of two suspects from Germany's Islamist scene and detained one of them.

It did not say where the suspect was detained but added that a decision would be made on whether to seek a judicial arrest warrant against him.

The prosecutor said metal strips had been used in the explosive devices activated in the attack, which injured one player and is being treated as having a "terrorist background".

"The precise motive for the attack is unclear at present," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Earlier, it was reported that a letter found at the scene of the explosions referred to the Berlin Christmas market attack.

The letter also mentioned Germany's deployment of Tornado reconnaissance missions as part of an international coalition battling the so-called Islamic State group, according to the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, regional broadcasters NDR and WDR and national news agency DPA, which did not name their sources following last night’s incident.
  [rte.ie]
12/4/17
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